A Conversation about the Riverman, 1984, Part 4
Added 2021-09-01 23:10:43 +0000 UTCBundy: “Why he would do something to one victim as opposed to another—sometimes it may be baffling, maybe even to him... I’d say that if he’s just raking stuff over some of them and burying others, that may be just the fact that he just happened to have a shovel in the car this time. And the other times he forgot it. I mean, you might say, ‘Well, this guy is more competent than that.’ Perhaps. But perhaps not. I think that the last thing that he’s thinking when he leaves the house is, ‘Is a shovel in the trunk?’ Maybe he doesn’t like carrying the shovel in the trunk because it looks dirty, or only puts the shovel and the pick in the trunk when, you know, he really got his head together when he was leaving the house.”
Keppel: “How about any compassion and emotion for the particular victim that was buried?”
Bundy: “I see what you mean. I don’t know. I’m not saying that a person is devoid of compassion or might have more compassion for one victim or the other. But I think, my guess is when it comes to disposing of the victims, he’s doing the best he can to dispose of them as attractively as he can. Given what he knows about, which is rudimentary, he learns by trial and error. And, you know, sure, there may be some ritualistic significance by burying that one body, but my guess is there is no more ritualistic significance than the past. He just happened to decide to bury that one that day as opposed to not burying the others.”
